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 Title 30. LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES
 Chapter 30-9. DESCRIPTION OF ON-LINE GAMES

  Section 30-910. PROBABILITY OF WINNING POWERBALL(R) PRIZES  

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  • PRIZES

     

    910.1The following table sets forth the probability of winning and the probable distribution of winners in and among each prize category, based upon the total number of possible combinations in POWERBALL.

     

    PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

     

     Probable/Set

    Number of Matches Per Ticket Winners Probability Prize Amount

     

    All five (5) of first set plus

    one (1) of second set 1    1: 292,201,338.0000Grand Prize

     

    All five (5) of first set

    and none of second set 25    1:  11,688,053.5200$1,000,000

     

    Any four (4) of first set plus

    one (1) of second set 320    1: 913,129,1813$50,000

     

    Any four (4) of first set

    and none of second set 8,000    1:  36,525.1673$100

     

    Any three (3) of first set plus

    one (1) of second set 20,160    1:  14,494.1140$100

     

    Any three (3) of first set

    and none of second set 504,000  1: 579.7646$7

     

    Any two (2) of first set plus

    one (1) of second set 416,640  1: 701.3281$7

     

    Any one (1) of first set plus

    one (1) of second set 3,176,880  1: 91.9775$4

     

    None of first set plus

    one (1) of second set 7,624,512    1: 38.3239$4

     

     

    Overall 11,750,538  1: 24.8671

     

     

authority

Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers, and Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Official Code §§ 3-1306 and 3-1321 (2012 Repl.)); District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority Order, issued September 21, 1996; Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management Control Order No. 96-22, issued November 18, 1996, and Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management Control Orders No. 97-15, issued May 15, 1997, and No. 96-16 (September 24, 1996); and Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management Control Order No. 15-11, issued April 14, 2015 (appointing Tracey Cohen Interim Executive Director of the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 7439, 7461 (October 2, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 1526 (February 14, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 7224 (August 5, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 73 (January 2, 2009); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10801 (December 16, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 143, 144 (January 13, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 13017 (October 2, 2015).